DataPod Keeps Your PCs In Sync

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114811,tk,dn021704X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...n021704X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"If you need to get work done on a PC when you're not at work, you could ask your company to install a Virtual Private Network. You also could run remote-control software. Or you could use DataPod--a new peer-to-peer system that an Israel-based startup is introducing here at Demo 2004. DataPod is due for launch in April; the product will list for $100, with an introductory price of $70.<br /><br />Targeted at business types with multiple PCs, DataPod syncs files, e-mail, and browser bookmarks between two or more PCs over the Internet. The software runs in the background on each system?-say, an office computer and a home one--transferring data on the fly via an SSL-encrypted peer-to-peer networking connection. For instance, when an e-mail message arrives on your work system, DataPod notices and automatically copies it to your home machine. The system also offers a browser-based interface, providing access to data from any Internet-connected PC."<br /><br />If you've always struggled with the task of keeping multiple PCs in sync, this article will interest you.

[JonnoB]

This sounds just like the fusionone (http://www.fusionone.com/products/con_f1.htm)service that has been around for years.

[emmfan]

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing about FusionOne. Strange that on Data-Pod's Competitive Comparisons they don't compare with FusionOne.

FusionOne does more, synching Outlook databases as well. Unfortunately, their files sychronization has been unreliable, so I've stopped using it.

[Paul]

"on the fly" sounds good, but so does Activesync. I guess we'll have to see if it works as good as it says it does.

[ricksfiona]

I'd be interested in trying this out.

[beq]

The file syncing also might be similar to Novell's iFolder (http://ifolderdemo.novell.com/) -- intelligent updating of only changed file blocks, etc...